Bashir al-Azma
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| Bashir al-Azma بشير العظَمة |
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| In office April 16, 1962 – September 14, 1962 |
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| President | Nazim al-Kudsi |
| Preceded by | Maaruf al-Dawalibi |
| Succeeded by | Khalid al-Azm |
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| Born | 1910 Damascus, Syria |
| Died | 1992 (aged 82) Damascus, Syria |
Bashir al-Azma, (1910-1992) (Arabic: بشير العظَمة), was a doctor and a Syrian Prime Minister from 16 April to 14 September 1962.
[edit] Biography
He was born in and raised in Damascus. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Medicine from Damascus University and his graduate in Paris. He became the Minister of Health under the United Arab Republic (UAR) but resigned due to a conflict with Gamal Abdel Nasser. Later, he became the Prime Minister of Syria after the dissolution of the UAR.
Bashir al-Azma was one of several Syrian Prime Ministers who intended to keep Syria out of the East-West conflict and demonstrate its passive approach to it. On 22 April, 1962, al-Azma declared on Radio Damascus that Syria's foreign policy continued to be based on "the principles of positive neutrality and non-alignment with military blocs, non-participation in the Cold War, and respect for the principles of the UN Charter."[1]
[edit] Notes and References
- ^ Shalom, Zakai. Israel's Nuclear Option. Sussex, Sussex Academic Press. 2005.
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